Middle school student struck by DPS patrol vehicle

A middle school student was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries after being struck by a DPS patrol vehicle.

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD officials confirm a Watkins Middle School student was involved in an auto pedestrian accident near the school. The district says the student was taken to a Houston hospital for evaluation as a precaution.

According to DPS, the trooper was southbound on Cairnvillage Drive when the child ran between cars stopped in the northbound lanes and was struck by the patrol vehicle.